SHOULD SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES BE TAXED? Due November 23 Since 2014 voters in several localities across the United States and in several countries have passed taxes on sugar sweetened beverages. At...

SHOULD SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES BE TAXED? Due November 23 Since 2014 voters in several localities across the United States and in several countries have passed taxes on sugar sweetened beverages. At some point in your life you may have the opportunity to vote for or against a “soda tax.” In this paper you will discuss the purpose for enacting a soda tax and the pros and cons of implementing a soda tax. Questions you should consider: 1. What is a “soda tax?” 2. What are the benefits of enacting a soda tax? 3. What are the cons of enacting a soda tax? 4. How have soda taxes been implemented? (Who pays the money – the distributer? the consumer? Does the tax usually include diet drinks or just sugar sweetened beverages? Are “energy” drinks included in the soda tax? Remember “energy” [energy = calories] drinks are sugar sweetened beverages. ) 5. Have soda taxes affected sales of sugar sweetened beverages? If so, how have they affected sales of sugar sweetened beverages? 6. Cite one city that has implemented a soda tax where researchers have followed up to investigate the impact of the soda tax (Philadelphia and Berkeley are good examples.) Discuss how the tax was implemented and whether the tax affected sales of sugar sweetened beverages based on the results of the research. 7. Based on your reading about soda taxes, would you vote for a soda tax if you had the opportunity? What is the reason for your opinion? State the reason for your opinion using valid data from research on the soda tax. This discussion must include health as well as financial considerations. Your opinion must be based on data from reliable sources. You must read and cite four reliable sources for your explanation of the soda tax and to support your opinion on this issue. (Remember we said in class that reliable sources have a URL that ends in .edu or .gov. Sometimes .org are reliable sources.) Writing parameters: • Paper should be clearly organized and free of grammatical mistakes. • Paper length: 4 pages • Paper is double spaced • Paper is 12-point font • Paper has one-inch margin • Please include at least four RELIABLE references for this paper o Acceptable references: ▪ .edu/.gov websites ▪ Your textbook ▪ Peer reviewed articles o Unacceptable references ▪ .com webpages ▪ A magazine or newspaper or TV news report You will submit this paper using SafeAssign to avoid any plagiarism. I have listed some sources that you might find helpful. Two of your four sources may come from this list. The first two sources provide a useful overview of the soda tax. They might be good articles to read first. 1. https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-andlocal-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/soda-taxes 2. https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-do-state-and-localsoda-taxes-work 3. https://nclnet.org/soda_tax/ 4. https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/do-soda-taxes-work 5. https://nyln.org/soda-tax-pros-and-cons-list 6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28949460/ 7. https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2019/04/09/soda-taxes-increase-pricesbut-lower-consumption-studies-find/